Thursday, May 19, 2011

"The list"

So, I think I heard a rumor somewhere that posting a "Things we'll miss about Maryland" list is pretty much a graduation requirement. And since graduation is like, tomorrow.... (no really, Andy graduates tomorrow!!)

Things we'll miss about Maryland:
Rita's
Fire flies
The Pool
Pediatricians!!
Baughers
White Marsh Beach
Trees
DC
Wegmans infinite bulk candy selection
Snow Days/sledding parties
Trader Joes
Oregon Ridge Park
Wednesday night church basketball (Andy)
Brick Bodies (Becky)
Pro sports teams
Hunt Valley summer concerts
Walking trail
Intramural leagues
Birds-cardinals, blue jays, piliated woodpeckers
Peeing toads
The Great Wolf Lodge
Historical sites

There are a lot of things we'll miss about Maryland, but the #1 thing we'll miss, is all of these guys!

(Taken at the year end BBQ last week)


This was our group when we started school 4 years ago.
Isaac and Lex were the only littles.


AND NOW LOOK AT US!!
All grown up and ready to go out into the world and build our house of bricks!


Is it worth mentioning?....

Things we will NOT miss about Maryland:
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity
Traffic on the 695
Ticks
"The slowness of the south and the rudeness of the east"
Horrible customer service
Relentless mosquitos
Stepping in dog poop
Excessive honking "Seriously? The light JUST turned green!"
The metro
Lack of Jumbo Red Vines (also Malt-O-Meal cereals)
Those big a#$ crickets that can jump as high as my head and literally attack you
The incompetent post office from which home-sent packages mysteriously disappear
Lexington market and all the smells therein
1/2 hour drive to church
Turrets neighbor-who's actually a very sweet man but shouts out obscenities and sometimes forgets to shut his window.
Constant rain


Things we're excited about in Utah:
FAMILY!!
TACO TIME!!!
Mountains
Dollar Movies
BYU Creamery
The Grid system!
Miracle Bowl
DI
Provo library storytime
Temples
Desert Star Playhouse
Seasonal allergies (o.k. not really)
Papa's water slide
Cafe Rio
BYU football/basketball
Fishing
Camping
Babysitters (young women that don't live 1/2 hour away)
INCOME!!!

2 comments:

Sheryl said...

I hope it's okay if I still the group shots. We were sad to miss this chance to say hang out one last time. We found a sweet house and Ian signed a contract though. We will miss all these wonderful people too!!

Lis said...

I just have to "Amen" your lists... look very familiar! ;)